TRACK-DATA VERIFICATION

摘要

A track-data verification vehicle and method for verifying positive train control (PTC) track data. The vehicle includes a 360° camera and a precision positioning system co-located on a vertical axis on the vehicle. The 360° camera provides a video image with indicators that are useable to align an asset with the positioning system. A second video camera is positioned interior to the vehicle to capture an image of a monitor associated with a train management control (TMC) unit and of operator inputs to the TMC unit; the TMC unit executes a PTC track-data verification application. The process of verifying asset locations is thus recorded and can be reviewed and approved by a Federal Railroad Administration representative without requiring the representative to be physically present within the vehicle during track-data verification.

主权项

1. A track-data verification vehicle configured for travel on rails of a railroad rail system comprising:
a positive train control (PTC) data-verification unit configured to enable verification of a pre-recorded geographic location of an asset with an actual physical location associated with the asset, the PTC data-verification unit including a visual display of data associated with the asset and an input device; a positioning system associated with the vehicle and in communication with the PTC data-verification unit; a first camera mounted in association with the vehicle and in a known spatial offset relative to the positioning system, the first camera capturing an image of the asset; a display device disposed interior to the vehicle and in communication with the first camera, the display device presenting the image of the asset and displaying an indicator in the image, the indicator indicating a position in the image at which the asset is properly aligned with the positioning system; and an input-capture system that records the provision of inputs provided to the PTC data-verification unit.